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Warmer weather can't come soon enough...Pool is looking good though! (Thanks TFP!!) Hopefully the weather will play nice next week and we can enjoy the Masters under the pergola. :D

Test Results today are FC - .5 TA - 100 (I tested this 3 times, followed the advice above and had the same results all 3 times) CYA - 20 (filled the tube but could see a difference after adding CYA yesterday vs before) PH - 7.8 CH - 475 I wanted to post this here to get advice before adding...

Only things added to pool have been startup tech by PB, Muriatic Acid, and Calcium Chloride. I have sent the PB another message and asked if they added anything else. It's possible there was a testing error as its all new to me but I wouldn't have thought so....

Done and timer set for retest. Doing now.... No clue. Haven't done anything different. PH is higher than 8.2 TA is 50 Not sure what's changed although it is near freezing in OK at the moment. The sheers and bubblers have been running since 6pm last night to keep water moving.

So, I haven't been able to get PH within range at all and have been following Pool Math suggestions. I need to add CYA today as well.... added a picture of a current PH Testing for viewing...What would you all calculate this at?

I would have them upgrade to all pentair microbrite color lights. We were supposed to get clear and ended up with color by accident. It was a nice upgrade we didn't pay for and the kids love it.

Thanks! So leaving everything else alone I just need to add MA to decrease PH to 7.6, correct?

Test results this morning are: FC = 1 PH = >8.2 TA = 70 CH = 300 CYA = 0 (when should I be adding this?) based on the bicarb method I need to be between 400ppm - 500ppm with TA+CH. Pool Math says 17lbs of Calcium Chloride will raise CH to 400 which would put me in the correct range...

Don't know anything about other test kits....just know I found TFP when looking at building a pool and the advice seemed reasonable as well as the people being extremely helpful. Pretty easy to go all in here with TFP, particularly when you've received that sort of welcoming.

Fair question! It actually arrived today so I went ahead and ran numbers when I got home.

Fill Water is: FC = 1 PH = 6.8 TA = 30 CH = 125

Thanks! That's what I'll follow